Defender of the Crown - CHEAT?? - Page 4

microslave · 19 March 2007, 19:47

I was always a great fan of Defender of the Crown and even bought the original game 20 years ago

Never found it too hard to win, using Wilfried of Ivanhoe with good jousting skills, although it was sometimes difficult to win the swordfights.
So I'm ashamed to commit, I used my Quickshot Turbo in the mouse port with autofire to win

I also remember counting the marks on the catapults rope so to know for sure how to tear down the walls. So this game's no real challenge but it's interesting to know of this cheats, first time I heard of it in this thread

Unfortunately other Cinemaware games seem to be real hard to end, as e.g. ROCKET RANGER - so, anyone knows a cheat for this one. Seems to remain one of the few cheatless games for me or am I mistaken???

DamienD · 19 March 2007, 19:58

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Originally Posted by microslave

I was always a great fan of Defender of the Crown and even bought the original game 20 years ago

Me too, absolulety love the DotC series

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Originally Posted by microslave

Never found it too hard to win, using Wilfried of Ivanhoe with good jousting skills, although it was sometimes difficult to win the swordfights.

Personally, I always use Geoffrey Longsword as I like going raiding. Don't really care about jousting that much although I'm ok at it

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Originally Posted by microslave

I also remember counting the marks on the catapults rope so to know for sure how to tear down the walls.

Hahaha, me too

The sequence changes in DotC II and you need to use a combination of small and large boulders to break down the wall

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Originally Posted by microslave

So this game's no real challenge...

Agree. You should try out DotC II as it's the hardest to finish given time restraints...

Quote:

Originally Posted by microslave

Unfortunately other Cinemaware games seem to be real hard to end, as e.g. ROCKET RANGER - so, anyone knows a cheat for this one. Seems to remain one of the few cheatless games for me or am I mistaken???

I love all Cinemaware games on the Amiga with these being my absolute favorites:

... Defender of the Crown
... It Came From the Desert
... Rocket Ranger
... The Three Stoogers
... TV Sports Basketball
... TV Sports Football
... Wings

DamienD · 19 March 2007, 20:14

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Originally Posted by microslave

Unfortunately other Cinemaware games seem to be real hard to end, as e.g. ROCKET RANGER - so, anyone knows a cheat for this one. Seems to remain one of the few cheatless games for me or am I mistaken???

Oh, forgot to answer your question...

No cheats that I know of but here are some Hints and a sort of Walkthrough

DamienD · 19 March 2007, 20:49

Last thing, you can get the Rocket Ranger Secret Decoder Wheel (in Acrobat and Word format) from the Vault located on the official Cinemaware website...

Maybe HOL should add these to the Rocket Ranger page?

demoniac · 19 March 2007, 21:00

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Originally Posted by DamienD

Agree. You should try out DotC II as it's the hardest to finish given time restraints...

I think it's the hardest due to not being able to see the maiden and end sequences using an emulator.

In an interview, it was mentioned by the publisher that the Atari ST DotC version was the best.

microslave · 19 March 2007, 21:12

damien, thanks for the tips, I think I will have to use savestates to finish RR. When playing 20 years ago, I was so frustrated that the game had no save functionality, I only made it to the moon once!

DamienD · 19 March 2007, 21:23

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Originally Posted by demoniac

I think it's the hardest due to not being able to see the maiden and end sequences using an emulator.

The maiden part freezing after you rescue her is very sad

The funnies comment I read about this was one by G.Longsword (unfortunately the image from his post above seems to have disappeared):

http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=220131&postcount=20

As for the end sequence hanging, this is something I can live with as it plays until the last scene in the cathedral. It may not be an error at all, who knows

I did actually record the end sequence using WinUAE but am now unable to find it...

DamienD · 19 March 2007, 21:27

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Originally Posted by microslave

damien, thanks for the tips, I think I will have to use savestates to finish RR. When playing 20 years ago, I was so frustrated that the game had no save functionality, I only made it to the moon once!

No problem

Hmmm, I believe I've only ever finished it once. Need to play it again

DamienD · 30 July 2007, 22:07

BUMP

@Codetapper; would it be possible for you to update the cheat codes for DOTC?

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Originally Posted by DamienD

2048 Knights:
Press the <K> key anytime after the Character selection screen and you will receive 1024 Knights in your Home Army and 1024 Knights in your Compaign Army. You can do this as often as you like, just remember that both your Home Army and Campaign Army will be reset to 1024 Knights though.

Toggle sound off / on:
Press the <S> key anytime in the game to turn the sound off and press the <S> key again to turn the sound back on.

Notes:
... These only works in the EU region version of the game and not the US region version.
... With the toggle sound off / on option; after you turn the sound off, if you try to turn it back on you will not hear anything again until the next section that is supposed to have sound. For example if you turn off / on the sound through the intro, you will not hear sound again until after the Character selection screen.

Codetapper · 30 July 2007, 22:49

Not at the moment no! When the cheat editor is back online, yes!

DamienD · 30 July 2007, 22:52

Cool, no problem. Thanks for the info

Retro-Nerd · 02 January 2008, 01:04

There's a new WHDLoad slave, with a money trainer.

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version 3.1 (01.01.08) done by JOTD:
- added delays to some screens which were impossible to see due to the fast loading
(press mouse button to skip them)
- CUSTOM1=1 gives infinite money
- reduced memory usage

Digideus · 09 March 2008, 02:32

I remember the original cheat being to keep pressing K while the game loaded.

Oh, by the way, pressing S seems to turn the sound off for me!

13 March 2008, 07:55

yeah its true

!

13 February 2010, 15:13

hi all
first post here

thanks damien for the great solution, the file "Defender of the Crown (1986)(Mirrorsoft)[0317].zip" makes the k cheat works perfectly (i was lost with all the adf files available)
take care

stevsurv · 29 January 2013, 01:07

Just found this little gem while looking through one of my old Amiga 2500 computers on the weekend.
Its Defender of the Crown EU version and its cracked. The "k" key cheat actually works as well!

Couldn't remember doing this but I made adf's of this back in '95.!

Good thing I did as the floppies are no where to be found..

Have tested it and it works perfectly. Its in the zone.

dirkies · 29 January 2013, 17:12

I always had this version where you get presented at boot:

Type 'Defender' for the normal version!
Type 'Defender+' for the trainer version!
Thanks to THE POWERSLAVES for cracking & STAGE II for training this.

it is on the BSA DVD collection, disk 150 (so part1 rar), should be on the ftp, but I can upload it if anyone is interested.

Specksynder · 01 February 2013, 11:45

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Originally Posted by stevsurv

Have tested it and it works perfectly. Its in the zone.

Great! Thanks for sharing

19 March 2007, 19:47	#61
microslave Amiga 1000 [1986] Join Date: May 2005 Location: Mönchengladbach/Germany Age: 52 Posts: 62	Cinemaware cheats I was always a great fan of Defender of the Crown and even bought the original game 20 years ago Never found it too hard to win, using Wilfried of Ivanhoe with good jousting skills, although it was sometimes difficult to win the swordfights. So I'm ashamed to commit, I used my Quickshot Turbo in the mouse port with autofire to win I also remember counting the marks on the catapults rope so to know for sure how to tear down the walls. So this game's no real challenge but it's interesting to know of this cheats, first time I heard of it in this thread Unfortunately other Cinemaware games seem to be real hard to end, as e.g. ROCKET RANGER - so, anyone knows a cheat for this one. Seems to remain one of the few cheatless games for me or am I mistaken???

19 March 2007, 20:49	#64
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Last thing, you can get the Rocket Ranger Secret Decoder Wheel (in Acrobat and Word format) from the Vault located on the official Cinemaware website... Maybe HOL should add these to the Rocket Ranger page? Last edited by DamienD; 10 July 2018 at 20:25.

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19 March 2007, 21:12	#66
microslave Amiga 1000 [1986] Join Date: May 2005 Location: Mönchengladbach/Germany Age: 52 Posts: 62	damien, thanks for the tips, I think I will have to use savestates to finish RR. When playing 20 years ago, I was so frustrated that the game had no save functionality, I only made it to the moon once!

30 July 2007, 22:49	#70
Codetapper 2 contact me: email only! Join Date: May 2001 Location: Auckland / New Zealand Posts: 3,182	Not at the moment no! When the cheat editor is back online, yes!

30 July 2007, 22:52	#71
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Cool, no problem. Thanks for the info

09 March 2008, 02:32	#73
Digideus Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Kent UK Posts: 10	I remember the original cheat being to keep pressing K while the game loaded. Oh, by the way, pressing S seems to turn the sound off for me!

13 February 2010, 15:13	#75
kheops Posts: n/a	hi all first post here thanks damien for the great solution, the file "Defender of the Crown (1986)(Mirrorsoft)[0317].zip" makes the k cheat works perfectly (i was lost with all the adf files available) take care

29 January 2013, 01:07	#76
stevsurv Beta 1.666 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: in 1985 Posts: 384	Just found this little gem while looking through one of my old Amiga 2500 computers on the weekend. Its Defender of the Crown EU version and its cracked. The "k" key cheat actually works as well! Couldn't remember doing this but I made adf's of this back in '95.! Good thing I did as the floppies are no where to be found.. Have tested it and it works perfectly. Its in the zone.

29 January 2013, 17:12	#77
dirkies Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Belgium Age: 51 Posts: 1,296	I always had this version where you get presented at boot: Type 'Defender' for the normal version! Type 'Defender+' for the trainer version! Thanks to THE POWERSLAVES for cracking & STAGE II for training this. it is on the BSA DVD collection, disk 150 (so part1 rar), should be on the ftp, but I can upload it if anyone is interested.

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